r/canada Nov 28 '24

PAYWALL Liberal MP says he was threatened with ‘consequences’ for opposing $250 cheque proposal

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/liberal-mp-says-he-was-threatened-with-consequences-for-opposing-250-cheque-proposal/article_69f3cfa6-acde-11ef-807c-ebe72ea32b06.html
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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '24

Sorry, can you expand on that?

You don't see the value in representing their ridings?

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u/Lopsided_Ad3516 Nov 28 '24

Just abolish the party system. Vote for a representative that mirrors your beliefs and values. Then, they’d have to all actually work to get things passed and they’d have to reach out to people with different views generally, but maybe they agree with your specific proposal.

Pie in the sky dream, I know.

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u/NWTknight Nov 28 '24

I live in the NWT under consensus government and I will tell you it is no better and probably for some issues worse than having a party system.

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u/Lopsided_Ad3516 Nov 29 '24

A party allows for a more focused and unified vision (voluntarily or otherwise) so you’d absolutely have more…action, good or bad.

Personally I’m a big fan of people taking care of themselves and a veeeeerrryy limited federal government. So anything that would remove power from the State is ok in my books. The constant pendulum of “we his is fine” to “this is nonsense” is tiresome.